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N0..508, '723. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

W/TNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EUGENE T. KEPNER, OF HELENA, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO B. H.SHAEFFER.

MATERIAL FOR FORMING BOXES, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 508,723, dated November14, 1893.

Application filed May 21,1892. Serial No. 433,860. (Specimens) To 025whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE T. KEPNER, a' citizen of the United States,residing at Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and State ofMontana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Materialsfor Forming Boxes, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improvement in materials for forming boxes,crates, tubes, &c., and it consists in the peculiar construction orcombination of materials hereinafter described and definitely pointedout in the claims.

The object or purpose of this inventionis the provision of a light,durable and inexpensive material to be used more particularly in theformation of boxes, crates and shipping tubes. This object is obtainedby the construction illustrated by the accompanying drawings whereinlike letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views andin which Figure 1 is an elevation of a section of the material showing aportion of the outer face removed. Fig. 2 is an edge View, and Fig. 0 isan enlarged sectional view.

In the drawings A represents the outer coating composed of paper and Bthe interposed or embedded fabric consisting of a series of parallelbunches of excelsior or other fibrous material held and bound togetherby twisted wire strands O.

In forming the fabric I employ at intervals two strands of wire carryingthem in opposite directions around the bunch forming loops 0 andtwisting these together between the bunching as at c, the twistingholding the bunches apart, and binding the material constitutin g thesame tightly together. After the fabric has been completed, I place onthe opposite sides thereof the paper, which is prefera-bly straw boardsoaked until it is in a soft pulpy state but not necessarilydisintegrated. The material is then passed between pressure rolls whichforce the soft paper into the interstices of the fabric filling the sameand making a complete union between the paper and fabric.

The amount of paper used is sufficient to completely cover the bunchesand strands, and the continued pressure evens or smooths out thesurfaces making in the finished article a sheet having even or regularsides, with the usual exterior appearance. When the material is formedinto boxes or tubes, the wire or strands and bunches being'embedded, noinjury will be caused the goods packed by protruding ends or sections. I

The material composed as above described is found to be exceedinglystrong and light,

and it is especially adapted for use in connection with the constructionof boxes for car prying eggs, plants, fruit and other products,

the boxes requiring no other additional coverings or linings. I

It will be understood that, although I have described. the inventionconsisting of the united bunches of excelsior with the outer coating ofpaper, I do not wish to be limited to the material specified, as it isevident that other materials can be used in lieu thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As anew article of manufacture a material for forming boxes tubes andthe like, consisting of an inner layer of fabric composed of a series ofbunches of fibrous material and strands for binding the fibers andseparating the bunches, and a united inner filling and outer coating ofpaper, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture a material forforming boxes tubes andthe like, consisting of an inner layer of fabric composed of a series ofbunches of fibrous material and wire strands for binding the fibers andseparating the bunches,and a united inner filling and outer coating ofpaper, substantially as described.

In testi lnony whereof Ia'ffix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EUGENE T. KEPNER.

Witnesses:

JAMES HUTOHINSON, ALBERT R. GATES.

